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arxiv: hep-th/9512046 · v3 · submitted 1995-12-08 · ✦ hep-th

N=2 heterotic string threshold correction, K3 surface and generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra

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keywords stringcalculationcorrectiongeneralizedheterotickac-moodyresultsuperalgebra
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We study a standard-embedding $N=2$ heterotic string compactification on $K3\times T^2$ with a Wilson line turned on and perform a world-sheet calculation of string threshold correction. The result can be expressed in terms of the quantities appearing in the two-loop calculation of bosonic string. We also comment and speculate on the relevance of our result to generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra and $N=2$ heterotic-type IIA duality.

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